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Posts tagged "terrorism"

We're flying into New York City on 9/11. Gulp.

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By Dennis Byrne,
September 9, 2011 at 3:03 pm
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Nine goofiest conspiracy theories about Osama bin Laden's alleged death

Well, that caps it: President Barack Obama’s refusal to release the pictures of the dead Osama bin Laden proves that….well, it’s hard to summarize the nutty conspiracy theories that started taking hold the second that it was disclosed that his body was dumped into the sea. Here are nine of my favorite moronic theories: (... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 4, 2011 at 4:11 pm
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What will Obama do about Yemen?

The  bombs sent from Yemen to two Chicago Jewish congregations turns the spotlight on that troubled nation, which, as this New York Times article explains, is emerging as an important operational base for Al Qaeda. Intelligence experts had previously believed that radical Islamic murderers had used that simmering Gulf nation as a base for launching... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
October 30, 2010 at 10:40 am
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Hey Barack, what about Gitmo?

Getty-AFP photo by Randall Mikkelsen / July 23, 2008 Obama has repeatedly expressed his desire to shutter the embattled facility, which has become an international flashpoint. But before that happens, his administration must review the basis for holding each of the remaining 250 detainees and which should be released, which should be transferred to the... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
June 29, 2010 at 11:04 am
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So, what do we call our enemies?

Victim? John Brennan, President Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser said today jihad a “legitimate tenet of Islam,” arguing that the term “jihadists” should not be used to describe America’s enemies. Nor should we call our enemies terrorists, because terrorism is a “tactic” and terror is a “state of mind.” Our enemies, he said, are victims of “political, economic and... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 27, 2010 at 3:01 pm
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NeoCon news and opinions

Because folks defined me a neoconservative before I knew what it was, I might as well make the most of it. Here’s today’s NeoCon News and Opinion briefing:  See if you can find the name of Atty. Gen. Eric Holder in this story. Didn’t think so. The Senate “jobs” bill is much worse, costing $150... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 5, 2010 at 4:40 pm
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How to become scared by nukes, again.

A big hunk of our population, mostly those under 30, have forgotten what it was like to live with the fear of nuclear annihilation. The Cold War pretty much wiped out many of those terrifying memories. But, now to worry. Maybe those days are returning, as a new spotlight has focused on the nuclear threat... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
January 27, 2010 at 11:41 am
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Hang this one on Obama

Courtroom drawing / January 8, 2010 In this courtroom drawing, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, right, stands before Magistrate Judge Mark A. Randon in federal court in Detroit, Michigan. The Nigerian man pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to blow up a packed U.S. Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.  From the Los Angeles Times: Lapses... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
January 21, 2010 at 11:27 am
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Blame Obama, blame Bush, blame someone!

I don’t think that this is the Obama administration’s fault. This is the way bureaucracies work or don’t work. Ah, I see. Even though it was President Barack Obama’s Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, CIA and State Department that the Christmas Day terrorist penetrated. This interesting rationalization was offered by Washington Post op-ed... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
January 4, 2010 at 9:16 pm
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Sit there like Puddy

The latest rules for flying brought on by the botched Christmas terrorist who tried to blow up an international flight to Detroit reminded me of a Seinfeld episode. The new rules require all passengers to stay in their seats for the hour before landing and not have anything on their laps. Switch now to the... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
December 31, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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